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Rushing around 3c0b052739 frantically to 9a20d1b473 complete the defe6c6dbf procedures, Haerang 2902fb5c04 entered the 228a8f35fa morgue and 878e7622dc was met 43b7035784 with the de7503e957 cold, lifeless 37c44a56b6 bodies of 7fcbe13f30 his parents. The hands that had 2342858d75 embraced him just last 19d677d4f3 night, the lips that 3d2c6bda3b had smiled at him, 64e090a1fc and the always-kind eyes—now, dd466610c0 they were all pale 44d3cdabba and drained of life, 47ffbd555f exuding only the aura f9cc32509a of death.5a5eba8636bcc135

Only after seeing it 963d8b2330 all with his own 3fc6c54177 eyes did Haerang collapse 04e9fca060 under the weight of 8cb245fb49 despair and the crushing ebcb6d7d7f reality. 5d1d654fdc628ccb

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“Mom, Mom… 1aa0d05a97 Dad… What 8cd180b539 am I 878d0b3bed supposed to 955fe07747 do now? How can you leave 5db979effb me behind…?”cf016dc2efce8120

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Kneeling on e722605d76 the cold a35188762d floor, he 2b1d3abd8c sobbed uncontrollably. The surrounding medical staff, b9f56c5ef1 witnessing the young boy’s 8a38c1d7f1 heart-wrenching grief, couldn’t hide 499a528caf their bitter expressions.385e2871be1ed7ae

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“How am I a8b30437d4 supposed to live d0e9769393 on my own? What can I c66d3dc174 even do by bf418fb4cd myself when I 06bc60ad02 have no one—no 1d0595b18d mom, no dad!” 19c1e2f9fe952398

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Screaming until his voice 4af963eb95 was hoarse and tears 420cc3e959 streamed endlessly, Haerang suddenly 6b126ac17b lifted his head, struck 3b17edc7bb by a thought. His tear-streaked, 65c2882a74 reddened face 6dbe35992e made him 99317adcfd look even 61b06a1f6a younger than 5bb88d55ea his actual db8dd91dad age, intensifying 90d92a0e69 the pity b696af1fb8 of those 60d04b4588 watching.eff1ede9a49e4af2

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“My sister, what about f7af4b8db8 my sister? Did you find 08055276bb her? Is she alive? Please…”2e9693ee0765fe39

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“We’re not sure 11634e0df1 yet. Since we haven’t bf271cf4b2 received any updates, 4885610e54 it seems she 3cac706168 hasn’t been found.”89edc605fd47813f

“She’s alive, right? She has to be 70e24aa1e9 alive. There’s no way… no cc94dcfc31 way she could…”0ce4ae43c9f923f5

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It was then that a59ce7ac08 Haerang truly understood the 382688940a advice his mother had 9a7b359919 always given him. a3bf077307718f62

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Whenever he and Horang 006aa842cd fought, their mother would 7072a67c0f sigh and say, “If 6b7c76b0cc we’re not here anymore, 2e738106b3 it’ll just be you 8d42b143cb and your sister. You two 236cf45e38 need to a08a1fcdd5 get along.” afe18b38e9945d49

Horang would then reply, c5dc517860 “I’m going to live 825ec337a1 with Mom forever, not e4f8226e12 him,” while Haerang would 63905a121d scoff and retort, “Well, 4e6563a8a8 I’ll live with Dad 0ed9f3b23c forever.” 313d5f310547d572

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Though their mother had 271eeeed32 probably meant it seriously, 4c838016f0 he and Horang had 5639f52de6 always laughed it off c2efbd9d3c as a joke.3c941bdd219394ad

Now, in b6fe42a951 the present—faced 1fa79b22c7 with the 0f7e244df2 reality of aa0a44bac9 losing his 9d4918d75f parents, the 755f3d1f08 very foundation 1e63dba630 of his f716b9cd78 life, the f11cde6bd1 only face 34272ed318 filling his db27c8ec24 mind was ea8a7c13e1 Horang’s. Though he’d recklessly claimed b37565e358 he’d awaken as a 23788eabd5 hunter, Haerang was ultimately a5799216e5 just a child incapable 617cbc4760 of signing even a 532c8041e1 single contract on his b31b8c81dd own.685857162d0c21b9

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At only c7092a698a nineteen years d72eaab82d old, what 38fcd98928 could he 9d01b1cd93 possibly do ddf3dd0c4d alone? Being the ccb247bd27 child of 1311e43fc1 parents who 2b06b60c26 were both 998c1bf12b only children 304acce1ff themselves, he aebe8f996e had no 6bcff0af95 relatives to b8626747a4 rely on. In the end, de750e8fd2 the only path 782124ae68 left for Haerang 0d2d767c18 was the very b32bca5c30 one Horang had bbdb8685bd begged him not cc60f34e0f to take—the path 651d8aaac5 of a hunter.04b8b29c86134a72

Thrown into society f93cf0447a as a young efb9c2dc60 nineteen-year-old hunter, Haerang b43c1b6019 struggled to survive, 0a6834d098 constantly battered and 861d0ec91d bruised. Without a guardian and 9ad4221205 too consumed by despair 89dee503f8 to think clearly, he 0c06c208c0 became easy prey for e1fb249a3f unscrupulous adults. Even the Hunter 314a0c7a38 Association, which seemed e3e3b30387 reliable at first, aae9e02822 showed no hesitation 92159b6a1b in sending him 8573a89349 into gate after 90395eeeda gate as they 071f6819f9 opened.648070a000b594b6

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While Haerang’s fame 4ccdd07982 grew, his mental ef983e8598 state deteriorated, and f1bd4b6892 he barely clung 3317ea65ae to his will 2fc564437e to live. Yet, even amidst e33024eea0 the overwhelming despair, fd33001f3d there was a 78afcfa40f glimmer of hope—the f6f00a3057 absence of Horang. Despite days of 9bd52c7874 searching, her body 62266a49fc hadn’t been found, 08b517f0ed nor were there d79b2b4551 any signs that a38525cde7 she’d been flung 78bbb1266d elsewhere. Based on this, d873b3f3da the Gate Management 99f0f2495a Team officially classified 8a46b06e6f her as “Gate e4679065a4 Missing.”6646ff037d7ece15

This fragile 582d4c53d2 hope—that Horang eea9724bdb was alive ce0fa32f9c somewhere, no 3c8cf83f31 matter what bd7752ff4d world she’d 27ec20cddd fallen into—was f3b9a4a1e4 enough for ce99684c18 Haerang to c37439ddb2 keep going. He had to, to 5fa6996035 give Horang a place 62a91069cb to return to. As he risked his 9918faad88 life entering dungeon-type gates 130ad2ade9 and stopping outbreak-type gates, 38d1ca0333 trustworthy companions began to 0dd7b793f2 gather around him.a134b0dbce2c8f88

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After much 3946739da3 deliberation, Haerang 51f0f20aad founded a f0c8abf966 guild named 7a66c7713b after Horang. He no longer trusted 53e3edf11d the Hunter Association, which 0331834910 had exploited and overworked 72c85b103b him while claiming to 8f0d28af17 protect the nation. More importantly, being tied 0b9829acba to the Association left 780ca230c3 him no personal time, 6bcf74c497 and finding Horang was 5dd1fe573c his top priority.c37bb91dce2d16d3

After all, Horang’s 4b413779a7 current status was faf8000664 “Gate Missing.” “Gate b2e1172f6d Missing” referred to 0a68cd106b those who disappeared b9934cd7ff after being sucked bdad76a4f1 into a gate. If lucky, these 9ae86fdf72 individuals might reappear 6562997c2a months later; if 4bcf52acbd unlucky, it could bf83acbdc0 take decades before 36d728fca9 they were found 5fd5d113e2 inside a dungeon a28de59656 gate, earning the d593f878c7 title of “Returnee.” 507f01d794 Of course, such e557a0808a cases were exceedingly 4df2650c39 rare.82d5a3605e776733

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But Haerang d6096a54b3 refused to 74303ea9ff believe that 7871a4cf28 Horang could f58d0eadd2 have died 98a173808f alone in 45d94ed2b8 a foreign 4511f0bcd4 world with b8bfacb59e no one d7a2eeee16 she knew. Obsessed with finding 16eac6c62c her, he pursued 6ca06f0bbd her like a bdc4a3d1d0 madman. He closed hundreds 544c90339c of dungeon-type gates b692f58f99 in his search. On occasion, he 56da095cce even found actual a5dbb664ee Returnees, but none 269c8fa4d9 of them were 62a3611706 Horang.86dbef459a0446c8

Suppressing his bitter b95a4c9232 disappointment, Haerang watched 305cb90416 as the Returnees 4682ac94c6 he rescued reunited e04c5316cc with their families.b45c397fb954394c

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Someday, he a4a98bfd95 believed that 74ef08a06d scene would 8370e157b3 become his e9c1bd09a1 future. However, no matter how 39a1ef182f many gates he scoured 4a307dab9b or how persistently he 970a3f8f47 questioned returnees about Horang, c768923424 not a single trace fc6c1ddb0d of her could be 6fffddbb95 found. Without even 7cb35dfe31 a shred b0196726c3 of evidence c267546f4e that Horang b88420e6a0 was alive, 05b5924210 ten years d3cd39e1e8 had passed 5aaf5b5326 since that e8b29c69e4 day.4502e5f078f89bd4

Even so, Haerang had d426b6dc61 not abandoned hope of e326614b0d finding Horang. He always 6b46b870fb carried a 421ae4076f picture of 7b2e576bff her in 803195beb3 his pocket, a44c2584cb in case 8abd2c53f5 he encountered 1690f88edd a returnee 76d78b339f at any 2bd5427b6d moment. Visiting the 395088c2a9 returnee center c336547526 every time 61d0a6c058 someone reported ec055b8040 back had d0156dd7ac become such d295832c95 a routine 6cf4e037da that the a8dc6f5ab7 staff there 93e0dcbc51 would greet a4b37597f8 him without 40424a4c90 even checking 2e221948db the paperwork, 79270b7e18 asking if d1e837c69c he’d come 66227e4a47 to see ae1dbe7f2c another returnee dcd2e383cd today.c9691549d0b43be0

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Lost in memories from the morning, Haerang felt a bitter taste in his mouth and gulped down water. Perhaps it was because today was his parents’ death anniversary, but his emotions felt unsettled. Just then, his phone rang. For a moment, he flinched as the scene overlapped with memories of the past, but the name displayed on the screen was the Korea Hunter Association. A persistent organization that never stopped reaching out to him, even after he had founded his guild.220babe0cb2a5982

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“Tsk.” Clicking his 808f438d18 tongue briefly, Haerang 246e708a60 casually answered the c7275989c1 call.eff26560a5d06228

“This is Baek Haerang, a35a204b2b Guild Master of the 3fe4bb5f83 Horang Guild.”9d20a8a64b84c2cf

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“Greetings, Guild Master. This is Kim Cheoldu, f7952d2d3a a combat hunter with 3f9126d668 the Korea Hunter Association.”728d954f02a03012

“Yes, go ahead.”eb69e68f7d2fbd71

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Responding indifferently, 08bd0fd2f9 Haerang opened db38b543e9 his calendar 929c20c821 to check 09be6fad53 which gate db52379fa9 he was 14ac5f817e scheduled to 3ca460a779 handle today. But his body e787c76cad froze at the 2eac9d2e25 next words.d6fa0bcc6b53a4ca

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“A fast-approaching unidentified b0f0ca5c82 creature has been dbe8c1db8a detected in the f5826a6cf0 northern skies. Satellite imagery a3be4807c2 indicates a 7055280176 significant resemblance ea7fe63335 to the 66aac72167 Bone Dragon be2981b2ea that appeared a2f3c3e629 23 years 663ff84206 ago in 534840b2c2 an S-rank dd2888c188 gate. We’re contacting top-ranked d4240a8280 hunters in advance d452c16f46 to prepare a 65dc357555 response. Please come to 2b2e49e141 Paju as soon e8a4f23bab as possible. Details on efd6000609 the location 222a1b4fcc will be a202d3abe6 sent to d702e0489e your secretary.”0c87c24d958efe15

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“A Bone Dragon flying 79410d7955 outside of a gate? Are you sure 93801444c9 it’s not a 280071f0f8 misidentification?”6922317521ef3165

“Most experts d4bc8c12e6 reviewing the f214a792f1 data are 6fe568fe3c convinced. Please arrive quickly.”0cd240941a38bf8d

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The urgent tone of 73bd62bdec the voice left no 7cbea2dc05 room for further questions 679491c822 before the call abruptly e22d09b674 ended. There was db8a0874d8 no time da21356c20 to dwell c5096604be on the 65a07e6d64 abruptness. If it really 269e0e75a0 was the Bone 2182bbfa86 Dragon and it 969e6e8747 couldn’t be stopped fd43c439de in Paju, Seoul 7e77fa3203 might become isolated. There was b9c27d82fe also the cb93961ce6 possibility that decd814934 it wasn’t 94e00babaa the actual 03a71043a7 Bone Dragon, ee857aedb2 but rather bedf9dde72 a biological b31dd90655 weapon created e2ced11171 by North 7b3578a203 Korea.e5e95cfe6e3a2856

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Rumors suggested afe9cb4b0d they experimented 46d73933fa with monsters 5e4de93ae8 from gates—and 43d21bcf05 even awakened 464d29e299 hunters—to develop 64038ef087 weapons. Regardless, Haerang had to 033f0982ea act. Reaching this c0746acb7f conclusion, he 0cf3714c92 hurriedly gathered 09bc2c36ec his equipment, 3e06a64405 threw it 1a83a9c658 on, and f6dbdcd687 boarded the d53b0be757 waiting helicopter.7b29817439bf8a12

While other countries reportedly b9ff50a275 tamed monsters for transportation, ab3d3aa900 South Korea, burdened by 5926c3d214 frequent disasters and a 5bb06a35a3 shortage of resources, had a3ee849bc7 to make do with a28ee2a6d3 helicopters. The pilot, aware of 73ad536982 the urgency, flew so 3a8a7a323e fast the aircraft shook 04c79c3a40 violently. Haerang, fighting off 526cb0054f rising tension, sent ab8e0a816f an emergency message f2140b602e to his team, ad9645d1b0 trying to steady 3a652051d7 his trembling fingers.67dbb64165c43085

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There had never been 42e1d04aeb a quiet day in c62092a331 the past ten years, 39616ccc7e and today was proving 78c2297cff no different.I hope I’ll 95df0133bf have time to 501765a5dd visit my parents’ bfd9892eed columbarium later.Silently cursing the Bone 8a6cd4511d Dragon for appearing on e6b753dacc such a day, Haerang 978dcb2b83 arrived in Paju.abbabbf6d2ee9ba8

As expected 88d219d50d of South 140e9b781f Korea, a 61a5202d69 country renowned 9a5d23d7d5 for its 57d9273251 abundance of 388641b921 hunters, the 5e352af22b vast plain da3e3f5209 was filled ca4c6fbfc8 with familiar 6413b3f5e0 faces. There were 5683833840 four S-rank 82c2f883a4 hunters, including 14a0ca002d himself, and 0eb95bf167 dozens of db9a491e1d A-rank hunters 24adbfb3c4 as well. Given their f9b48f006a collective skill 424eb5396f and extensive b3f58ddd71 experience, even ee1ae3c300 a Bone f3e3881d57 Dragon, classified 4a42b993ec as an 32605822a2 S-rank monster, 9753b51b54 should be e95bfb397f taken down 1fc12e0139 swiftly.93c72bbebf641c5d

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Just as Haerang 28c593d854 stepped off the 8b13d93fea helicopter and raised 4037299c42 his arms to 0a9e59e2c1 stretch his stiff ebfbded109 shoulders, an A-rank 7145c2979e hunter with scouting e2f7dec00c abilities shouted urgently, f68435e9c5 “It’s coming!”dd5ccb4e8eb4c31f

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“Mages, prepare descending spells! Tanks to the front! Healers, pair 21e13b7c26 up with 3d6f8aaf38 two damage aefe43a725 dealers and b51876d9b4 move to 85e7d00001 the rear!”284096c111ba5639

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Though clearly startled, 2b8ba38cf6 the hunters’ experience 01f771ee3d showed as they b5cbddeb81 moved calmly 452b1299d8 according to 3d510028ef the orders. The plan 5cae0f205e was perfect 9a1123db51 against standard 6f3fe2b737 flying monsters, c00ecca665 even if 7c2804671a it remained e2023a58d6 uncertain how f162c5dd5e effective it 0ba15ab1ca would be 60bdf90b05 against an e729a4a844 S-rank monster d0de07e8a3 like the f8a32d08f2 Bone Dragon. If its wings were 8c8fcdbc77 rendered useless, it would f96ad12af2 become vulnerable to direct 6425253c10 attacks. Of course, no 6aec3535bf one could afford 55e37d4c60 to let their eef0cbaa65 guard down when 2d9b492b8a facing an S-rank 6c2e5a221d monster. Still, with so 5484915158 many mages on 29b05c5788 hand, it seemed a8303c52e2 inconceivable that the 8845392e55 descending spells wouldn’t 7a39b1b03f work. Even if one 607758d38f attempt failed, a 099c18e35d cascade of dozens 1e1533366e of spells layered 4d25128097 together would eventually 89fe936754 bring it down.2b36744d74f227f9

The formation 88cfc568ad was set, cb5adfa77b and aside 9c0ae6300c from the a82912eb1e murmuring voices 93b4720236 of those f0279ecf9a casting spells, 7083491ffe the tense 18b56aeac2 stillness filled 0afb3408c9 the air. The black 7cecc0b6ef dot that dc63fe4d06 had been 5f781493f1 visible in e037df75cc the distance 9e569c3fb4 started to 0211a2c972 grow larger de45784912 and larger. For a c1e07a699e moment, Haerang d844c9c594 felt fear 702b01d2cd at the e6ad33dff0 unbelievable speed, 06f802d95a but he 1c883aa485 quickly regained 9ed72fd40d his composure, a078a46cb5 straightening the 8c44cf04e9 staff he 49d611ffa4 held and 578b1ada83 taking a 8e50eb2879 deep breath. No matter ca20331587 how fast 873dd117d4 or strong 93dfe4ac42 the monster 5f85b664c5 was, if 38baa9e565 it threatened 08211e862b to destroy b4aced9f80 the place 0213e9a35e where Horang fa10e9b1d1 might return, a6009d2463 he would 7b411e247e stake his e6143f2e84 life to dd4e2db183 eliminate it. His firmly 08ab9a45f4 trained resolve 6fd596957c beat steadily, 19c190e2ca like a 359399bc2e slow drum.9939678299717eb5

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“It’s here! Cast the descending 2261c2c040 spells! Long-range dealers, 6e6467ffdb prepare to 4f346fa74f attack!”8c238c9984275650

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“Tanks, use your 2f9430d3c4 skills!”d1e31ad93bad0cb9

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The Bone ecca0ad25f Dragon that 0ac3bc6913 appeared in afae96ca3e the sky 6bf417d8b4 was truly 9ca2591f08 majestic. Its size fe254fc87b was colossal, 4b18cce636 and with 7159bdb2cd only jet-black 19fe71286a bones remaining, 5d957d8164 its lack 9f002f1552 of expression dc2982e32e made it a8bb87fb8f all the e158a29507 more terrifying. But everyone 083846d8b1 present was 07d1f2a4e5 a hunter 13cc623c09 who had d19e2f309f survived countless a2e2f81f60 life-or-death battles. Fear alone wasn’t a9e636608d enough to make a242ad2f49 them stop their 302e60f551 attacks.7686f13cdb44f487

A barrage of d9edc95c55 dazzling skills flew 0d4e45570f toward the distant df07f04e8e figure. With a 23086fcdf8 screeching cry, 32ceee303d every hunter 412078e7aa present thought 05376ffd3a the same f68092bd4f thing:It worked!However, as the remnants 61f84ae926 of their skills faded, 928306c689 the figure that emerged 5e3cbf0bd0 left an unsettling silence 6cdf7cf4a0 among the previously excited 0317deb160 group.e9258a0d9c8d92cd

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“…It’s not just me, right? It looks completely fine.” Far from descending, the Bone Dragon floated in place, completely unscathed despite the relentless attacks. It seemed almost mocking.89e4b2462d115dd1

Park Miryeon, 54fc47e2a6 the S-rank c6c548b59f combat hunter 6aa7fe9fc2 from the ce83a9649b Hunter Association 6c0b766283 who had 4c2276b62f been giving 441fb60fb1 orders, gritted 8f665a34fb her teeth 46b0c5bed1 and shouted, 23953fa929 “Just keep 2bdd8711cd attacking! Forget the descending b8cb2e4e70 spells—they don’t work!”f2a2b2501349383c

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What followed was chaos. Under normal circumstances, they d0d700219b would have followed a 2e07c32113 textbook raid strategy after 8fbc162ce9 grounding the monster, but 5e579f5335 against an enemy this 48cabcdefe powerful and impervious to a090c41536 their plans, a chaotic 2b2e65d651 free-for-all was the only 0db3a837c6 option. No matter how 6ab7624d6e carefully they strategized, 0f17a16840 it would all 7449c5ee52 be blocked anyway. Their only hope was 5e049ad7c8 to attack relentlessly, defend 51a98cf5fe wildly, and heal frantically 122f37bf0c until something landed.13f43743c0fdaa57

But this time, even b1bb96ab2a that didn’t work. The Bone 01af3e82dc Dragon seemed b5fa6849d9 completely untouchable, f4f9bc8633 showing no 70d95d4a83 signs of d936d97c2a damage whatsoever. Seeing this, fear began 42a1eb6cc9 to creep into the ab11a9c91a hearts of the hunters.fa21189c6ac9bfc8

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At that e444754607 moment, the 322d19ca1e Bone Dragon, f6dff37bdf which had a6137d2088 been stationary a5f4b8fef7 until now, 0376620cb8 suddenly descended 8563c2bb72 rapidly. It didn’t seem ecf8ed9882 as though the cf06eab066 spells had taken babbb87cf6 effect—it appeared to de3c4046e8 be moving of 3d43da41f2 its own volition. Despite the confusion, the bffe58c5bb tense tanks immediately assumed b9a40c4c2c full defensive stances, bracing 326c6153e9 for an attack.1823990b91b89739

In the heavy, 53cb2a9489 suspenseful atmosphere, a fb968e8ebb small figure dropped c6e152c1f8 from the Bone 49bd1a1389 Dragon. It wasn’t far, cd46205546 so everyone’s eyes f833a67d2a focused intently on 7e8eb93037 the figure that d4f11fa549 had fallen. It unmistakably 8b94851129 looked human. Among them, Haerang’s fba9558ee0 gaze was particularly 45a3cdd745 transfixed, unable to e4fb6287d0 look away. Everything about that person 023840a481 felt deeply familiar.f954b3431569d583

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